Course in a Box: Laboratory Math for Biotechnology

Program Description
Bio-Link offers a number of Course-in-a-Box resources intended for instructors to adapt and introduce into new courses. These collections of resources have been compiled and contributed by instructors of Bio-Link programs. Resources can include course descriptions, student outcomes, schedules, reading assignments, laboratory exercise, lecture materials, homework, classroom activities, exams, and videos.

Course Description
The Laboratory Math for Biotechnology course "is designed to help students construct calculations for various laboratory scenarios and solve them with confidence." Topics covered in this course include exponents and scientific notation, logarithms, units of measurement, ratios and proportions, unit conversions, density, concentration expressions, preparing single solute solutions, dilutions, and more. 

This Course-in-a-Box resource is a 22-page class schedule that includes a course description; course topics; student competencies; a weekly schedule that includes topics, reading assignments, activities and lectures, and learning objectives; and additional notes about the order of units in the course, additional topics, and textbooks. 

Additional related instructional materials are available from Bio-Link and include a syllabus, classroom activities, instructor notes, PowerPoint presentations, problem sets and answer keys, a sample final exam, and sample quizzes.